Ancient Archive color palette — #FAEFEA · #C3E7CB · #4698BB · #236D58 · #37243A

Cerulean and Pine set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FAEFEA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Celadon Mist (#C3E7CB): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Cerulean (#4698BB): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Pine (#236D58): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Onyx (#37243A): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Archive into a complete token system: semantic roles from primary to success, an 11-stop OKLCH scale per role, a WCAG AA/AAA and APCA contrast matrix, an auto-derived dark mode and 11 export formats including CSS custom properties, Tailwind, Figma Variables and shadcn/ui.

Similar palettes

• Soft Cerulean color palette (#FCEFE8, #88E1E6, #0091B3, #006547, #002742)
• Cypress Alley color palette (#FBF2F9, #BDE3F3, #5E91B0, #287250, #364864)
• Aged Cypress Lagoon color palette (#F8F0EA, #C5E7EA, #B090AD, #527559, #42303B)
• Washed Cerulean color palette (#F4E2D8, #009AB7, #004E76, #002C26, #000316)
• Airy Jade color palette (#F1F4E2, #65BA6F, #BB71A1, #34753C, #3C1831)
• Gentle Cobalt color palette (#FCEFE5, #49CBFE, #0074C8, #005250, #0D0F48)
• Pale Villa color palette (#E5E9B1, #91B543, #458E4D, #005C41, #00362F)
• Hushed Canyon color palette (#E8F9D1, #66CCA6, #008B6B, #004F38, #001C13)

Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.